Measuring-spoon.



Patented July l0, I900.

E. L. &. K. K. BIGELOW.

MEASURING SPOON.

(Applichtion filed Dec. 6, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

EDWARD L. BIGELOW AND KATHERINE K. BIGELOW, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

MEASURING-SPOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,466, dated July 10, 1900.

Application filed December 6 1899; Serial No. 789,895. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD L. BIGELOW and KATHERINE K. BIGELOW, citizens of the United States, and residents of Everett, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring-Spoons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to measuring utensils, the object being to provide a spoon measure for use in kitchens, hospitals, laboratories, 850., which shall be of compact and convenient size and form and capable of a wide range of use in the accurate measuring of liquid or dry substances.

The invention consists of a plurality of receptacles or bowls of different sizes, each of a definite capacity, based upon some well known unit of measure, such as a teaspoonful or a tablespoonful, and each provided with a projecting handle affording means whereby the several receptacles or bowls may be joined together by a swivel connection, the arrangement being such that any one of the receptacles or bowls may be readily swung into position for use and the others turned back to form a handle for the same.

In the form of our invention herein shown and described the largest receptacle or bowl is preferably equal to an accurate teaspoonfulthat is to say, a teaspoonful based upon sixty drops of distilled water-the other receptacles or bowls being equal to certain fractions thereof, such as a half-teaspoonful (30 drops) and a quarter-teaspoonful, (15 drops.)

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation showing one position of the several parts of our invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing another position of the several parts, and Fig. 3 is a plan.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A, B, and 0 represent three receptacles 0r bowls of different sizes, and a, b, and c three handles of difierent lengths joined one to each of the receptacles or bowls, respectively. These handles a, b, and a lie closely together, one upon the other, and are all three loosely joined together by the eyelet d. We prefer to secure the handles together by an eyelet such as shown rather than by a solid rivet, as the eyelet forms a convenient means for hanging the utensil up when not in use. The handles may be of any desired length. They are shown rather long; but it is obvious that they may be made much shorter-An fact, so short as to amount to mere ears or lugs rather than handles, for when one of said receptacles or bowls is in use the others being turned back upon it will serve well enough as a handle.

A feature of our invention is the shape of the receptacles or bowls themselves, which, it will be observed, are deepest and fullest at their extreme outer ends. This feature is rather important, as it enables us in measuring .dry substances to scrape the receptacle or bowl off level full without carrying away more of the substance than should be. In scraping off bowls of the shape of the ordi nary spoon,which is narrowest and shallowest at its outer end, it is difficult to avoid carrying away too much of that portion of the substance lying just at such outer end or point. Having described our invention,we claim 1. A spoon measure consisting of a plurality of receptacles or bowls of varying capacities all connected together by a joint admitting of movement of the several receptacles or bowls relative to each other.

2. A spoon measure consisting of a plurality of receptacles or bowls of varying capacities joined together by a swivel or pivotal connection.

3. A spoon measure consisting of a plurality of receptacles or bowls of varying capacities each having a projection of suitable length thereon and swivel or pivotal connections between said projections.

4. A spoon measure consisting of a plurality of receptacles or bowls each having a pro j ecting handle thereon and an eyelet adapted to loosely connect all of said handles together.

Signed at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, this 27th day of November, A. D. 1899.

EDWARD L. BIGELOW; KATHERINE K. BIGELOW. Witnesses:

O. G. FISHER, J. L. CRAGIN. 

